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·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.12
A supporter's guide to Moncton, New Brunswick, where England play their first two group matches. The must-see attraction is the Tidal Bore, a scenic phenomenon caused by the Bay of Fundy tides and occurring…
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·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·pp.15–17
Kelly Smith closes an England career that began at seventeen against Italy at Roker Park, almost two decades and 117 caps later. She expected to go away quietly and was surprised to be inundated…
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·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.19
Arsenal midfielder Jordan Nobbs sets out her aims for 2015: to be a key player, contribute goals from midfield and help win trophies, alongside selection for the World Cup and a major role in…
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·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.23
Chelsea defender Claire Rafferty picks a pre-season trip to Glasgow as her highlight, three days together with a Sunday fixture giving the squad time to bond and focus off the pitch. The running and…
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·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.23
Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl, newly arrived at Chelsea, found pre-season easier than she is used to: accustomed to long, rough Swedish winters, starting at the end of January on turf made it feel shorter.…
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·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.31
Portsmouth striker Ini Umotong, 20, is making her case for a place in Nigeria's World Cup squad having come off the bench to score on her Super Falcons debut. A centre forward who played…
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·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·pp.44–45
Eighteen-year-old Vivianne Miedema, who led the Netherlands Under-19s to European glory and then scored the play-off goals that took the senior side to their first World Cup, reflects on a year she never expected.…
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·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·pp.48–49
Karen Carney, newly the first woman inducted into Birmingham City's Hall of Fame and the first to appear on the men's team match programme cover, turns to music. Not a karaoke fan, she nonetheless…
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·She Kicks, issue 26, February 2015 ·pp.10–13
Rachel Brown-Finnis reflects on retiring after some twenty years in the game, describing the reaction as like attending her own funeral and having the eulogy read out. She explains that a group of senior…
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·She Kicks, issue 26, February 2015 ·pp.14–15
Scotland captain Gemma Fay gives a candid assessment of a third successive play-off failure, a 4-1 aggregate defeat by the Netherlands. There are hidden positives in having gone further than before, she says, but…